We present an extensive introduction to quantum collision models (CMs), also known as
repeated interactions schemes: a class of microscopic system–bath models for investigating …

Classical dynamical density functional theory (DDFT) is one of the cornerstones of modern
statistical mechanics. It is an extension of the highly successful method of classical density …

The laws of nature have come a long way since the time of Newton: quantum mechanics
and relativity have given us good reasons to take seriously the possibility of laws which may …

The thermodynamic time asymmetry is one of the most salient and consequential features of
the physical universe. Heat flows from hot to cold, never the reverse. The smell of coffee …

Time asymmetric phenomena are successfully predicted by statistical mechanics. Yet the
foundations of this theory are surprisingly shaky. Its explanation for the ease of mixing milk …

This book focus on examining the thermodynamic properties of various prominent field
theories concerning high-energy and condensed matter physics. We make the usage of the …

Entropy is ubiquitous in physics, and it plays important roles in numerous other disciplines
ranging from logic and statistics to biology and economics. However, a closer look reveals a …

One finds, in Maxwell's writings on thermodynamics and statistical physics, a conception of
the nature of these subjects that differs in interesting ways from the way they are usually …

Can we prove the necessity of our best physical theories by rational means, without appeal
to experience? This book recounts a few ingenious attempts to derive physical theories by …

The search for the statistical mechanical underpinning of thermodynamic irreversibility has
so far focussed on the spontaneous approach to equilibrium. But this is the search for the …